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November 1, 2026
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It was 18 degrees when we got out of the car at 1 pm, and so The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All was double-timin' it from the first step; and for a change, I was right behind her with no problem.
Cold day and short time calls for a short hike, and when it can be both nearby and new, we figure we are in for a good hiking day.
Not-so-new instance of a Falls Ridge Nature Preserve hike seeming way shorter than its stated distance (cf Grassy Hill near Rocky Mount and Bottom Creek Gorge near Bent Mountain). Is it maybe chronic with The Nature Conservancy to overstate trail dis
This great walk seems to come up for us around New Year's and on July 4, which got me to wondering how many times, since Valentine's Day 2004 when we began the hiking oddity, we've done it.
When it's cold and snowy and the day after Christmas, it can be hard to get out on the road and into the woods.
It was 18 degrees when we got out of the car at 1 pm, and so The Greatest Day Hiker Of Them All was double-timin' it from the first step; and for a change, I was right behind her with no problem.
Cold day and short time calls for a short hike, and when it can be both nearby and new, we figure we are in for a good hiking day.
Not-so-new instance of a Falls Ridge Nature Preserve hike seeming way shorter than its stated distance (cf Grassy Hill near Rocky Mount and Bottom Creek Gorge near Bent Mountain). Is it maybe chronic with The Nature Conservancy to overstate trail dis
This great walk seems to come up for us around New Year's and on July 4, which got me to wondering how many times, since Valentine's Day 2004 when we began the hiking oddity, we've done it.
When it's cold and snowy and the day after Christmas, it can be hard to get out on the road and into the woods.
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